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Appeals court votes not to reinstate Texas’ ‘show me your papers’ law
The ruling likely means Texas’ Senate Bill 4 will remain blocked until a court issues a final ruling on its legality.
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A new documentary reveals the real Eagle Pass
Robie Flores’ The In Between is a love letter to la frontera — and a humanizing refutation of GOP fear-mongering.
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Enforcing Texas’ new immigration law may be challenging, even for authorities that support it
A new law allowing local authorities to deport migrants remains tied up in court. Even if it goes back into effect, logistical challenges could complicate enforcement.
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Texas’ new immigration law is blocked again
Hours after the U.S. Supreme Court had allowed Senate Bill 4 to go into effect, a federal appeals court let an earlier injunction stand. SB 4 lets Texas police arrest people suspected of illegally crossing the Texas-Mexico border.
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Assclown Alert: Doubling down on a racist conspiracy theory with U.S. Rep. Chip Roy
The Austin-San Antonio congressman is once again spreading the racist ‘Great Replacement’ theory.
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Supreme Court permits Texas police to arrest people who illegally cross the border as the SB 4 legal clash continues
The ruling allows Texas to start enforcing SB 4 while a lawsuit over its constitutionality remains pending before a federal appeals court.
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U.S. Supreme Court again extends its freeze on Texas’ ‘show me your papers’ law
Unlike the high court’s previous stays, this one is open ended and includes no expiration date.
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U.S. Supreme Court extends its block on Texas’ ‘show me your papers’ law
The court’s original stay was set to expire Wednesday. Now it extends until March 18.
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El Paso judge blocks Ken Paxton’s efforts to subpoena Annunciation House
The judge questioned Paxton’s true motives to investigate the shelter, saying there is “a real and credible concern” the state has a predetermined goal of shutting down Annunciation House.
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Texas federal judge dismisses Ken Paxton’s lawsuit against Biden’s immigration program
The Trump-appointed judge has previously ruled against the Biden administration in other immigration-related lawsuits brought by Texas. This time, he said, Texas has no standing to sue.
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Bad Takes: Leaders should dump Trump over his disastrous immigration plan
Dennis Nixon, chair of Laredo-based International Bancshares Corp., criticized the border wall and Operation Lone Star yet still backs Trump.
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Ted Cruz demands Jen Psaki, Rachel Maddow apologize over joke about Virginia voters
‘Well, Virginia does have a border with West Virginia,’ NSNBC host Maddow quipped after Psaki said immigration ranked as Virginia voters’ top concern.
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San Antonio congressmen among those critical of Biden calling migrant ‘an illegal’
‘It’s dangerous rhetoric. And I think that the president is getting bad advice from his advisers and speech writers,’ U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro said.
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San Antonio state Sen. Roland Gutierrez calls Trump, Cruz ‘sons of bitches’ in speech
Gutierrez, who unsuccessfully chased the Democratic nomination to run against Ted Cruz, accused the GOP senator of breaking Texas.
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Trump, Biden to visit Texas in competing border trips Thursday
President Joe Biden will meet with law enforcement in Brownsville on Thursday while former President Donald Trump travels to Eagle Pass.
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Did an Operation Lone Star contractor fly Tennessee’s governor to Eagle Pass?
Flight records indicate one of the governors at a Texas press event may have flown there on a private jet owned by a major border contractor, whose CEO is also an Abbott donor.
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Federal judge signals he’s dubious of Texas’ controversial ‘show me your papers law’
‘It just slaps the federal immigration law in the face,’ Judge David A. Ezra said during the first day of a trial over the legality of Texas’ new law allowing state and local cops to arrest migrants.
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South Texas faith leaders decry presence of anti-immigrant caravan in Eagle Pass
Counterprotest organizers hoped to shine a light on the dangers of Christian nationalism and its dangerous agenda.
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Texas taxpayers have so far paid $124 million for Abbott’s migrant bus trips
Gov. Greg Abbott’s program has sent 100,000 migrants from border communities to Washington D.C., New York City, Chicago, Philadelphia, Denver and Los Angeles.
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Glitch in financial aid form is keeping students with immigrant parents from applying for college grants
Parents without a Social Security number still cannot complete the new FAFSA online. The U.S. Education Department has not said when it plans to fix the issue.
